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SA STRIKES GOLD IN SCOTLAND
South African firm scoops contract for new gold mine equipment
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by STAFF REPORTER new $10-million gold extraction plant in Scotland will be built using South African mining expertise and technology. Johannesburg-based Consulmet Metals, a three-year-old, 18-man engineering firm, will design the plant, have it built in South Africa, partially disassemble it before shipment, and commission it at the mine near Loch Lomond in Scotland. The Mail & Guardian reported that operations are due to start in 2013 at the Cononish gold mine in the Grampian highlands of midwestern Scotland after Australian firm Scotgold Resources gained approval for the mine late last year from environmental authorities. About 72,000 tonnes of ore is expected to be extracted annually, producing an estimated 21,000 ounces of gold and 83,000 ounces of silver a year. Gold deposits in a quartz vein were discovered there in the 1980s but were never mined because the gold price was too low at the time. At current prices the operation is expected to contribute £80-million pounds to the Scottish economy. South Africa's economy stands to benefit from Scotgold's order
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of a turnkey ore-processing plant, which will be designed to comply with the mine's strict environmental requirements.
Consulmet Metals chief executive Rupert Swanepoel said ore processing equipment had to be custom-made to suit a mine's
specific ore quality. He said extensive South African mining expertise made it a natural place to source such products.
The London 2012 Olympics and its trade opportunities between Britain and South Africa was the key focus of the South African Trade Event hosted by Merton Chamber of Commerce and Go South Go on Thursday 19 January.